Results i know im protesters still the problems. On 3 scientists share the nobel prize in physics for them to be searching to black holes we hear from one of the with is the german astrophysicist trying hard to get so. Im still gal welcome to the program. We begin in berlin where bella rue says exiled opposition leaders felt not to come of sky has been holding talks with german political leaders including the chancellor angela merkel. She had not mistaken a sky at once european help in forcing new elections in baton rouge for 100 disputed polling ogust since then the country has been gripped by mass opposition protests and a government crackdown to kind of sky ones germany to play a leading role in ending the unrest. This meeting at the german chancellor and berlin is crucial for. She has High Expectations of angle americal as she told d. W. Ahead of the talks. Is. Extremely important because now we need. Help in mediation negotiations with authorities and we think that. In this situation. America has deep sympathy for the protest movement as a former citizen of east germany shes lived through a peaceful revolution which gives her a special understanding of belarus. And the my new mood to follow and see when i see the courage of these women who take to the streets to call for freedom and to corruption i can only say that im amazed i find it truly impressive. Thank you. Women have persisted turning out despite the ongoing violence of the regime to the north is continuing her own fight from exile do we see her comrade Maria Kolesnikov was put in prison for her own convictions. The protesters want Alexander Lukashenko who has been in power for 26 years to step down they claim the recent elections that saw him. Were rigged. Germany and the e. U. Agree theyve imposed sanctions on look at those inner circle but not against the dictator himself to know scale has called for the sanctions to be extended to look at others many german lawmakers agree including in the green party. We need to make it clear that we stand in solidarity with protesters we must offer individual humanitarian aid to people who are under threat and or those who seek help from us because they are tortured or beaten by the regime. Who on monday. Thank the community in berlin she likens her country to east germany in 1909 saying hers is a nation that wants to tear down its walls where at long last people want to make their own decisions about their lives. First get the latest from d. W. Political correspondent simon young welcome simon what have we learned about todays meeting. Well this was a 45 minute meeting between spell out a ticket on sky and angle of met coal and dirty can also according to her spokeswoman the same thing made clear that the opposition has one goal in particular and that is that new elections must be held in belarus free and Transparent Elections for the presidency she also told the chancellor we hear that. The she felt was to make the point of the opposition protests not directed against europe or russia they all the result of internal an internal critical political crises. In russia and i think she also repeated that point that the european sanctions against location because circle dont go far enough that she wants to see that list of people affected by sanctions or extended thats a point that she was making on social media after this meeting this evening so thats what she wants or what sort of answer she going to get from germany what sort of support is burning. Well that remains to be seen but i think that the opposition are asking as well for practical support support for Civil Society organizations for independent media groups which have both been suffering and finding it difficult to operate during this crisis so thats one thing more widely of course there is that call for europe and other friendly nations to become involved supporting dialogue between the look of shanker regime and the opposition thats a cold its been repeated again so im going to go to kind of sky were meeting out here in berlin germanys ambassador to belarus is on his way back to germany what does this tell us. Yeah officially what we hear is that hes traveled back to berlin football but that might all be unusual ambassadors travel back to their capitals all the time but i think this is being interpreted as a move in support in particular of poland and lithuania who have both recalled their some of their diplomats to their capitals off to the regime in minsk to known did they would use their diplomatic presence there those 2 countries that have really backed the opposition in belarus very heavily and i think he had germanys move perhaps instead with those fellow e. U. Member states and in support of the belarus opposition simon young thank you. Now to another part of the former soviet union because his staff the Prime Minister has resigned escalating the countrys political crisis to the reports that the parliament immediately elected back a Boring Office replacement from the opposition only for him to be forced to flee as angry protesters stormed the hotel where the emergency parliamentary session was being held this comes amid increasing chaos and arrests following sundays parliamentary elections you can see protesters forcing their way into government buildings and destroying images of progress russian president assad run by jim back home official results from the vote 100 big gains for the president in 2 stops the parties those results have since been a no. Earlier we spoke with journalist who had john who lives whos covering events in cookies down and asked for her assessment of the situation the situations very fluid things are moving very very shostak mean that the latest developments surrounding the reported resignation of the Prime Minister have been attempts to by one faction to appoint a new Prime Minister that wasnt accepted by evidently by all those involved in the protest simply tell us how confused the situation if no one is really in charge although the president himself so dont buy john beccles that hes still in control. Of his whereabouts are unknown and we havent seen anything or can be on the video address where hes from an unknown location earlier today so what we could see is that some kind of public fight for power going on as a vacuum seems to have much theres no sign yet that president john back off or is preparing to resign but thats one of the protests as key demands and some of them are out on the streets again tonight in the capital bishkek robet not as in great as great numbers as they were last night when they stormed the president ial palace in the parliament in protest at these tainted Election Results which have now been an all. To the United States where Donald Trumps personal physician says the us president is doing extremely well the reporting no symptoms of coverage 19 the latest update on the president S Health Comes after his return to the white house following treatment at a Military Hospital hes continuing to downplay the seriousness of the infection and the threat of the virus itself today mr trump repeated his comparison of coverage to the seasonal flu and said he would get back on the campaign trail saying that he was looking forward to the next televised debates with his democratic rival joe biden. Its nobel prize season. And todays announcement was for the winners of the physics award its being shared by 3 scientists who all carried out Pioneering Research into black holes off of the 1100000. 00 prize will go to britains Roger Penrose who provided mathematical proof that black holes exist back in the 1960 s. The other half the prize is shared by the 2 other winners american astronomer gets german astrophysicist dr hot ganso their work prove the existence of a super massive black hole at the center of galaxy the milky way. What is a black hole. Black holes are among the weirdest objects in the universe there traps in space time where gigantic amounts of matter are compressed to a point so massive that it curved space almost infinitely brinks time to a standstill and the border of this bizarre world is known as the Event Horizon. The german astronomer. Did seminal calculations of the defining parameter describing the Event Horizon. Black holes are formed when massive stars collapse at the end of their life cycle when the compact remains of death stars merge thats how the light weights among these gravitational traps are born theyre called stellar black holes whose gravity ranges from between a few times to some 10 times that of our sun media massive black holes can have up to 100000 times the solar mass and the really giant super massive ones lurk at the center of many galaxies millions even billions of times as massive as the sun. Black holes grow by sucking up everything in their vicinity even might qantas. The gravitational traps and they merge with one another to grow. Albert einstein predicted them in his general theory of relativity. But they were 1st detected around 90 years later in the center of our galaxy the milky way is one such invisible mass that accelerates nearby stars to incredible speeds. Telescopes around the world were synchronized to capture the 1st ever image of a black hole. The relatively unspectacular looking picture shows the place where time comes to a standstill the dark Event Horizon surrounded by a ring of light from the hard matter that orbits the black hole it was a milestone in astronomy. Well they didnt have a chance to speak with one of the 3 yo winners arrive hot dance oh so how did he and his team go about proving the existence of a black hole at the center of a galaxy. And so what weve done in the Galactic Center is by using the gravitational pull by the central object machine richie assume might be a black hole of 4000000. 00 solar masses on to the gas and the stars so ron reagan more precisely measuring their motions we could show number one the newtons theory was not adequate and that you indeed need the guys science theory and that the only plausible solution of the object is a massive black hole. In sports iranian sports have taken a step towards gender parity for the 1st time ever will officially have a female powerlifting tave take part in International Competition would old ready competing in the sport itself welcome over to you initiative. Iranian honey prepares meals for her family. And shes also preparing to officially compete as a power lifter for iran for the 1st time the 29 year old has been active in the sport for several years and saw some success but the competitions werent recognized now they will be the hours of pumping iron are finally paying off. My opinion this is some of the best news ive received since ive been active in powerlifting. Im sure the support of the Federation One inspire a lot of unknown talents around the country to blossom and step forward. I dont believe in has a tent to do so. But it will be a lot better for powerlifting women to have the support of the federation. Still. Some iranians have a negative view of women in Power Lifting by far and he believes that could change if she succeeds in International Competition the idea of female Power Lifting has already generated some enthusiasm time will tell if iran has the potential to become world champions one day. Thats it youre up to date ill have more here at the top of the hour up next here on all the latest coronavirus news 19 special im good at. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Our corona update. With 19 special next on d w. Every journey begins with the 1st step and every language is the 1st word looking into the coax in germany to find sure. Why not born with him. To suffer in simple online on your mobile and free. T w zealand in course speak german made easy. Headsails a soaring as people stay home during the coronavirus pads. And turning to mans best friend is one way of coping with chronic loneliness. As a good guy i think i made a good choice the dog kept me busy i walked him a lot i think he also loved the attention when i was at home so much of what i think is how my stuff thats halls of our. Studies show that physical contact is helping people cope with a crisis. But just how effective is it when your liaison cant talk back. Well its the same case with a 6 stall business is booming as the technology has advanced you still cant have a conversation with these next robotic sex aides but people do take them on road trips as youll see in a moment a little warning some of the sounds in this report may get your pulse racing. Now that shes got a head say hello to lucy for 5 years shes been learning to speak but his circuits still require a bit of tinkering. And. Because it can connect to the net if you. Lucy will one day be able to hold a simple conversations because these dolls are meant to offer more than just sex re sing about this. We dont want. Something. Make human abscess so. Posted up your all your other best or Something Like this. For now leonard loos dolls are limited to little more than a moan making them good enough for their primary purpose. And the microchips in their heads mean they can groan in english japanese and chinese apparently. A good market for the dolls is germany but leonard says their lack of german hasnt proven a problem so far. When i see the. Reviews from customers when they get their dogs theyre very happy they try to sail with with their friends oh i got nice stuff from iran. Of i feel so happy oh my life change is with. Can come into my life so when i see this. Bad emails all of it bad reviews on the internet i fear on the and i. More prepared for the further movements in this business for those this is a like many sex doll factories demand for the products here has doubled during the coronavirus pandemic leonard lu has received countless photos from happy customers after all dolls are exempt from rules around face coverings and you can take them anywhere with you regardless of physical distancing rules. During lockdowns they help their owners forget how alone they actually are learned lou thinks hes doing a service to humanity. As a mom and create indoors for man. And they do have a request they have needs and it have it has big market. And my mother said ok well you have others who can do that since it is not illegal you can do that if you can help others. And with his vast array of fabricated friends he could help just about anyone. Well lets bring in psychiatry and john ballard g. Of Indias National institute of Mental Health and your sinuses 1st of all is a 6. 00 fictive treatment for chronic loneliness. You know. Its very individual late so it might be people some it might not be person rather it depends on the need for social dutch as you were mentioning the need for physical proximity which has decreased to doing to knock down times so its one of the wheels of looking at it but then again. It depends it depends in societies cultures about its accept a pretty and whether it can be deeply a replacement for a human touch our human proximity what about. Bats have actually been studied or all over the last 6 months theres been a lot of studies especially with cats and dogs. And they have classically been seen to improve that Human Connection its seen to relieve depression anxiety loneliness and specially when youre not able to meet others to help you to stay connected the feeling of human being of being a human is retained so the pretty useful measures and have been studied quite much indeed so how else would you advise someone whos feeling lonely and forced into isolation. I think good to have b. M. Have really taken up. The speaking virtually here and staying connected to at least 4 or 5 key person is a major t. V. One thing that they keep telling people who are isolated are in quarantined that that make sure that at least to talk to one person beats a stranger and one person politically and whatever hobbies you have i think the lock down and all that situation have given us plenty of opportunities to notice that and thats a real real way to stay positive so it takes being given a very special British Survey Shows one in 10 people experienced loneliness before the great low down 2 weeks in that rose to one in 4 young people with 3 times more likely to feel those feelings why is that i mean i thought young people spend most of their time in for their mobile phones. You know i think as you rightly said corbett has brought to us the real difference between a digital interface connectivity and human connectivity we have been doing some work on the concept of touch hunger like the feel hungry for food to people what are we also have that hunger that can become chronic and especially in this unprecedented situation when we are not able to physically need people no matter how much virtually there is and that affects specially people who are in you know that a dollar since we were young because human touch social touch affectionate dutch are very important in stages of Human Development and mostly there will be affecting the young and also the older people those who are of the pipe its the i like the core in the League Season for i just want to point out a point you used in one of your papers you said all of humanitys problems stem from our inability to sit in a room alone whats wrong with us. Yeah i think thats something which really made me reflect when i wrote the quote that i mention in from my paper on social isolation and loneliness. I also mentioned that we need to confront the loneliness into sundays shoot basis you know the great ones a quite subtle so i believe that this break some part of this break was needed and its a critical balance between knowing how to see a spend time with oneself versus socializing and if either of it is not enough then thats the problem so one thing that the lockdown at the core of crisis has also helped us and is trying and understanding how can we spend time with ourselves you know having a saudi chuka having enjoying our hobbies reflecting on us and thats one being which really we can use to deal with this chronic loneliness not only in the pandemic but even after that really briefly after the pandemic what happens then when people ditched their dog or that sexto womans Mental Health speech such an issue. Of course i think this is just the tip of the iceberg and the beginning were looking at next 6 months to one year Mental Health issues are going to raise. I as a Mental Health professional my person take will be that people will try to at least you know they will learn to spend more time with themselves virtually medium could be a medium of communication and of course things like bed. You know as youre mentioning exalts or even robotics even virtual robotic Artificial Intelligence these will come up gradually in mitigating the military will have to leave it. Thank you very much for being on the show. Thank you. Now if youve got any questions on the coronavirus write to us or now you should channel is our science correspondent there. Are many countries that seem to have achieved had immunity. The answer to this is a resoundingly no but its still worth talking about herd immunity again at at this point in the pandemic just a reminder herd immunity is what we all want its the Tipping Point when enough of the population as a human to the virus that an infected person on average infects less than one other person so the number of new infections falls on immunity can come either from having had the disease or receiving a vaccine it doesnt matter which most estimates say herd immunity will only be reached with cove at 19 when between 60 and 70 percent of the population acquires immune status and that could prove hard to reach especially if im unity to source code to proves to not be a very long term and those whove had it or in those whove been vaccinated which brings me to the country that i want to talk about im sweet which last spring swam against the lockdown tide by largely leaving society open there and it was hit pretty hard by the virus and return although reaching herd immunity it was never explicitly part of its governments coronavirus strategy its logical to expect that we would possibly see an effect in a place that had such high infection rates early on so are we seeing one well interestingly maybe despite its looser restrictions the average daily number of new cases in sweden remained quite low throughout the summer even when they began rising again and many other European Countries were. With tighter restrictions thats not direct evidence that the beginnings of herd immunity could be playing a role there but its a tantalizing hint that it might be. Kicked off. The berlin fights in vain. At the matches dramatic and munich grab 3 more points. Shall cut is defeated again thanks to their shockingly for the form its like 6 enters the International Break at the top of the table. Next on d w. Every 2 seconds a person does forced to flee their home nearly 71000000 people have been forcibly displaced. The consequences of the disastrous our documentary series displaced depicts dramatic humanitarian crises around the world. Forgetting i didnt go to university to kill people that i dont want to have my boss come to me and tell me to kill someone having you many and if i dont theyll kill me. A feel for their lives and their future so they seek refuge abroad its about the war in a book that scares me the most about those statements seem to arise is that someday we wont even see the rooster. But what will become of those who stay behind and simply my husband went to peru because of the crisis. If he hadnt gone there we would have died of hunger. That sentiment on a downer. Just starts october 16th. I. I. Once i refer to the season its matchday 3 and 41 spine munich on knots the number one in the league and for a change robert levin